Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1131767

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 7 of the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, what steps he is taking to ensure that health and education services jointly deliver support to prevent children from falling through the gaps between different providers of services in their area.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	263660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Communication support particularly benefits from a joint commissioning approach. The NHS Long Term Plan recognises the importance of speech and language therapists and proposes that local areas design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services.</p><p>Since May 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are inspecting local areas on the effectiveness with which clinical commissioning groups and local authorities work together in joint commissioning arrangements, to support the needs of children with special educational needs and disability, which would include their commissioning of therapies.</p><p>We are keen to work with the Children’s Commissioner’s Office on the issues of expenditure data.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 263661 question first answered 17/06/2019 15:35:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1131768

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 7 of the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, what plans he has to tackle local variations in spending on speech and language therapy; and how that spending will be monitored by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	263661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Communication support particularly benefits from a joint commissioning approach. The NHS Long Term Plan recognises the importance of speech and language therapists and proposes that local areas design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services.</p><p>Since May 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are inspecting local areas on the effectiveness with which clinical commissioning groups and local authorities work together in joint commissioning arrangements, to support the needs of children with special educational needs and disability, which would include their commissioning of therapies.</p><p>We are keen to work with the Children’s Commissioner’s Office on the issues of expenditure data.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 263660 question first answered 17/06/2019 15:35:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1131769

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on using the evidence in the March 2018 report Bercow: Ten Years On in their (a) Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies and (b) contributions to Integrated Care Systems.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	263662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>There are no current plans to issue such guidance to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/06/2019 15:28:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1128460

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the draft regulations and statutory code of practice for the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 1919, which received Royal Assent on 16 May 2019; and what the timeframe is for the public consultation on the regulations and code of practice.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	257635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Now that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 has received Royal Assent, the Department plans to place a letter in the Library setting out next steps and timeframes. The Department is currently working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including those with lived experience, on producing the Code of Practice for the Liberty Protection Safeguards. We expect to have the initial outputs of the working groups by this summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2019 14:00:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124682

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England has plans to issue guidance to (a) parents and (b) carers on (i) identifying need for and (ii) access to speech, language and communication services for children .
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working in partnership with the Department for Education to produce evidence-based resources and tools to support health visitors, early years practitioners and parents/carers in identifying and supporting children’s early speech, language and communication (SLC) needs through training guidance and an enhanced early language assessment tool. The assessment tool will incorporate parent resources to support family understanding of SLC in their children and will be rolled out from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this work, PHE is developing a model SLC pathway for children under five. This will ensure that professionals working with families are able to help them support their child’s SLC and how to access support if needed. The pathway will be published by September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:09:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124729

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Clinical Commissioners on the importance of joint commissioning services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has had no discussions with the organisation NHS Clinical Commissioners on joint commissioning of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:06:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124596

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to issue guidance to local authorities on (a) considering and (b) including the evidence in the report entitled Bercow: Ten Years On report, published in March 2018, in their (a) joint health and wellbeing strategies and (b) their contribution to integrated care systems.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the statutory guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, local authorities and clinical commissioners should be drawing upon this evidence and the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care will continue to promote and draw this to the attention of commissioners where possible.</p><p>The report ‘Bercow: Ten Years On’ provides valuable evidence of the importance of commissioners understanding local communication needs, and working together with providers and patients to ensure needs are met. The Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care will continue to seek opportunities for drawing this to the attention of commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/05/2019 14:22:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104945

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans NHS England has to ensure that every child and adolescent mental health service includes speech and language therapists.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	236260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019 sets out where extra National Health Service funding will be focused and how services will be designed, including the importance of ensuring speech and language therapy is joined up with children’s mental health services. Work will take place with local areas to design and implement models of care for children and young people that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services. These models will support health development by providing holistic care across local authority and NHS services, including primary care, community services, speech and language therapy, school nursing, oral health, acute and specialised services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 13:59:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104948

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Speech and Language Disorders: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people in contact with liaison and diversion services have speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	236262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Over the last four years 2,736 children and young people who engaged with liaison and diversion services commissioned by NHS England, were identified as having a speech, language and communication need, of which 284 cases were referred on to services, as summarised in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Interventions to address speech, language and communication (SLC) needs</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Referrals</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases 2015/16</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases 2016/17</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases 2017/18</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases Q1 - Q3 2018/19</p></td><td><p>Total to date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral to other agency</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral for Targeted Service</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral to specialist SLC service</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Referrals</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Need already met</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advice given</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Did not meet threshold for referral</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No appropriate service available locally</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral/action indicated but refused by client</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>1,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cases needing further follow-up</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>828</p></td><td><p>2,736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:<br>Figures are for England only</p><p> </p><p>Information is collected on the number of cases seen by liaison and diversion services, not the number of individuals seen. An individual may have been seen by liaison and diversion services on more than one occasion in any given time period.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 13:56:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104950

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used to determine which professionals can train to become an Approved Mental Capacity Professional; and whether those criteria will be made public.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	236263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Liberty Protection Safeguards, the Approved Mental Capacity Professional criteria will be set out in regulations. Further detail on the role will also be outlined in the Statutory Code of Practice. The Government envisages professionals such as social workers, learning disability nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists and other suitable health and social care professionals could take on the role if they meet the criteria set out in regulations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 11:42:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies